Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7014261 | Portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supported by two su... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6871906 | Portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supported by two su... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6543842 | Interference fit support bracket for a portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supporte... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5588709 | Knockdown seat A seat for supporting an individual relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a back panel having a receiving aperture directed therethrough. A seat panel is shaped so as to define a rear support leg positionable through the back panel r... | 12/31/1996 |
| 4846530 | Three element chair A three element chair is formed of cooperating back, seat and seat support components. The three elements are quickly assemblable to form a sturdy, non-collapsing seat assembly. Mortice and tenon and tongue and groove joints provide the joint structures a... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4792182 | Adjustable folding safety chair An adjustable folding slat type chair is disclosed which does not require a pivot pin, and folds flat and opens to a stable configuration.... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4743068 | Knock-down furniture coupling device An article of knock-down furniture that can be easily assembled by an end-user comprises a plurality of pieces and contact joint arrangements that prevent unwanted separation of the pieces, while permitting the pieces to rotate and flex relative to each o... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4341417 | Article of furniture with inclinable back An article of furniture having a seat of a generally constant orientation but a back which can be tilted at various angles has a generally X-shaped relationship of the seat and back and, on each side a pair of horizontally spaced pins, affixed to the seat... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4235473 | Furniture construction Furniture is constructed from a plurality of units, each unit having a uniform thickness and a pair of parallel side faces with at least one shaped edge surface. The composite of the edge surfaces of the units, when arranged in a predetermined, spaced fac... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4129332 | Chair made of two plate-like elements A chair consisting of two plate-like elements loosely connected together permitting of easy assembly and disassembly, one plate-like element providing a back portion, a leg portion and a support member for the second plate-like element, and said second pl... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4077668 | Two part portable chair construction A chair construction of two separate yet complementary members. The first member includes two symmetrical, oppositely facing and substantially parallel side pieces held rigidly in relative position. A backrest may be provided by a first series of parallel... | 03/07/1978 |
